Delta boosts service to Rochester

Delta Air Lines Inc. is adding two nonstop flights to Rochester, Minn., this week.

Minnesota Public Radio reports on the new routes, which start today and link the city with Detroit and Atlanta, both big hubs for Delta. Officials at Rochester International Airport have been talking with Atlanta-based Delta (NYSE: DAL) about expanded service for more than a year.

Rochester's air travel tends to spike in the fall, when new doctors at the Mayo Clinic begin work.